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During the late foetal and the perinatal period and during early infancy, major maturational processes and growth of the brain take place (Volpe 2008). Because of this ongoing maturation, the preterm brain in particular is very vulnerable to deviant development and injury. Patterns of perinatal brain injury depend not only on the origin of the injury (i.e. traumatic, hypoxic-ischaemic, inflammatory, haemorrhagic, etc.) but also on the age of the foetus or infant at the time of the event(s) (Miller et al. 2005; Miller and Ferriero 2009).
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Meijler, G. (2012). Maturational Changes of the Neonatal Brain. In: Neonatal Cranial Ultrasonography. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21320-5_8
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